Did you know?

Wind turbines and economy

…that the Danish wind industry has created 20,000 jobs in Denmark.

…that the Danish wind industry is the worlds largest.

…that 90% of the production from Danish manufactures are sold abroad.

…that wind turbines can compete.

…growth expectations for the wind industry are greater than growth expectations for the Chinese economy.

…that energy in the wind more or less follows the human 24 hour power consumption cycle

…that wind power covers almost 20% of the Danish power consumption – and will cover 25% in 2008

…that only a limited part of the potential wind energy is utilized

…that one 2 MW wind turbine on a good location can cover the electricity consumption for 2000 households per year

…that wind turbines are popular in Denmark

…that half the Danish turbines are owned by local wind turbine cooperatives

…that the sound from the wind turbine has the same sound level as ordinary speech.

…that birds fly past wind turbines.

…that offshore foundations increase the local variety of marine animals.

…that wind turbines has a minimal effect on the surrounding area

…that a wind turbine takes up less than 1% of the area in a wind farm

…that wind turbines and wind mills has been a natural part of the northern European landscape for more than 800 years

…that wind turbines reduces CO2 emissions

…that during its life time a wind turbine delivers 80 times more energy than is used in its production, maintenance and scrapping.